Index: llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/keep-file-symbols.test
===================================================================
--- llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/keep-file-symbols.test
+++ llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/keep-file-symbols.test
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 # RUN: llvm-strip --keep-file-symbols --strip-symbol foo %t -o %t4
 # RUN: llvm-readobj --symbols %t4 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=STRIP
 
+# RUN: llvm-strip --strip-debug %t -o %t5
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --symbols %t5 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=STRIPFILE
+# RUN: llvm-strip --strip-unneeded %t -o %t6
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --symbols %t6 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=STRIPFILE
+
 !ELF
 FileHeader:
   Class:           ELFCLASS64
@@ -81,3 +86,25 @@
 #STRIP-NEXT:    Section: .text
 #STRIP-NEXT:  }
 #STRIP-NEXT:]
+
+#STRIPFILE: Symbols [
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:  Symbol {
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Name:
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Value: 0x0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Size: 0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Binding: Local
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Type: None
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Other: 0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Section: Undefined
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:  }
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:  Symbol {
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Name: bar
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Value: 0x0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Size: 0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Binding: Global
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Type: Function
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Other: 0
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:    Section: .text
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:  }
+#STRIPFILE-NEXT:]
+
Index: llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
@@ -666,8 +666,10 @@
   Config.KeepFileSymbols = InputArgs.hasArg(OBJCOPY_keep_file_symbols);
   Config.DecompressDebugSections =
       InputArgs.hasArg(OBJCOPY_decompress_debug_sections);
-  if (Config.DiscardMode == DiscardType::All)
+  if (Config.DiscardMode == DiscardType::All) {
     Config.StripDebug = true;
+    Config.KeepFileSymbols = true;
+  }
   for (auto Arg : InputArgs.filtered(OBJCOPY_localize_symbol))
     if (Error E = Config.SymbolsToLocalize.addMatcher(NameOrPattern::create(
             Arg->getValue(), SymbolMatchStyle, ErrorCallback)))
@@ -937,8 +939,10 @@
       !Config.StripAllGNU && Config.SymbolsToRemove.empty())
     Config.StripAll = true;
 
-  if (Config.DiscardMode == DiscardType::All)
+  if (Config.DiscardMode == DiscardType::All) {
     Config.StripDebug = true;
+    Config.KeepFileSymbols = true;
+  }
 
   Config.DeterministicArchives =
       InputArgs.hasFlag(STRIP_enable_deterministic_archives,
Index: llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/ELFObjcopy.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@
     if (Config.StripAll || Config.StripAllGNU)
       return true;
 
+    if ((Config.StripDebug || Config.StripUnneeded) &&
+         !Config.KeepFileSymbols && Sym.Type == STT_FILE)
+      return true;
+
     if (Config.SymbolsToRemove.matches(Sym.Name))
       return true;